Dark Horse comics tv shows

[Raph's Girl]

Looks like we'll be getting a slew of tv shows based on Dark Horse books. Currently the only Dark Horse show on tv is Dark Matter (which is a kinda odd show) on Syfy.

So Dark Horse will be working with Universal Cable Productions to make the following shows:

Harrow County - Emmy has always known that the deep, dark woods surrounding her home crawled with ghosts, goblins, and the restless dead. On the eve of her 18th birthday, she learns that she is connected to these creatures and to the land itself in a way she never imagined, for she is the reincarnation of a powerful witch who was put to death on the very day Emmy was born. For this reason, the townsfolk mean to kill her too. In order to survive, Emmy must embrace the unusual powers at her command. This project is based on the brand new book written by Cullen Bunn and illustrated by Tyler Crook.

The Umbrella Academy - Nine years after parting ways, the estranged members of the Umbrella Academy, a dysfunctional family of superheroes with bizarre powers, must figure out how to work together to save the world. Created by Gerard Way (lead singer of My Chemical Romance, and writer of The True Lies of the Fabulous Killjoys) and Gabriel Ba (Daytripper); Bluegrass films is also attached to executive produce.

Back Up - In the near future, a new technology allows people to be backed up the same way we now back up our computers—but instead of protecting against drive failure, these backups protect against death. This project is based on a feature script by Tom Vaughn. Kenny Golde is set to write and executive produce, Brad Anderson (Zoo, Almost Human) is in negotiations to direct. Jim Wedaa is also attached to executive produce

Concrete - After his subconscious is transplanted into a hulking stone body, Ronald Lithgow must come to terms with his new form and try to live a normal life. This Eisner award-winning title is the opus of comics legend Paul Chadwick.

http://comicbook.com/2015/07/07/umbe...s-part-of-dar/

[CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy]

Originally Posted by Raph's Girl

Looks like we'll be getting a slew of tv shows based on Dark Horse books. Currently the only Dark Horse show on tv is Dark Matter (which is a kinda odd show) on Syfy.

So Dark Horse will be working with Universal Cable Productions to make the following shows:



http://comicbook.com/2015/07/07/umbe...s-part-of-dar/

Harrow County sounds like it could be good. The other three, though, not so much. Nothing new, too WTF, or pointless.

[CyberCubed]

Usagi Yojimbo is published by Dark Horse. What I would give to get a cartoon that adapts the comics 1:1 without it being toned down for kids.

Usagi never having his own show after 30 years is a crime.

[PangolinFeets]

I enjoyed the first few tales from the Umbrella Chronicles. Ita a pretty cool crew of characters. I'm interested to see how they will portray white violin. She's the big fav.

[CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy]

Originally Posted by PangolinFeets

I enjoyed the first few tales from the Umbrella Chronicles. Ita a pretty cool crew of characters. I'm interested to see how they will portray white violin. She's the big fav.
http://i.imgur.com/7gq8KPH.jpg

Is this actually good? The brief blurb was just so... odd and ambiguous, I assumed it was crap.

You intrigue me greatly, miss.

[PangolinFeets]

Originally Posted by CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy

Is this actually good? The brief blurb was just so... odd and ambiguous, I assumed it was crap.

You intrigue me greatly, miss.

I give Umbrella Academy a 7.5/10. The story is pretty predictable, but the dialogue is very good and the characters are pretty fresh. It always felt like it would work better as a show than a comic.
If I remember correctly, it has something to do with a few hundred women all simultaneously give birth (previously having no signs of pregnancy) and all those children from that event have special abilities.

[Raph's Girl]

Originally Posted by PangolinFeets

If I remember correctly, it has something to do with a few hundred women all simultaneously give birth (previously having no signs of pregnancy) and all those children from that event have special abilities.

Close. 42 women (but 43 babies were born. 1 set of twins). The series has won an Eisner Award too.

"The main protagonists of the comic are the titular team, who are described as a "dysfunctional family of superheroes." In the mid-20th century, at the instant of the finishing blow in a cosmic boxing match, 43 superpowered infants are born to random, unconnected women who showed no signs of pregnancy. Sir Reginald Hargreeves a.k.a. The Monocle, an extraterrestrial disguised as a famous entrepreneur, adopts the surviving seven children, and prepares them to save the world from an unspecified threat as The Umbrella Academy. Years after the team disbanded, Hargreeves dies, leading The Umbrella Academy to reunite and carry on saving the world against an unlikely villain. The series initially takes place in an alternative history where John F. Kennedy was never assassinated."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Umbrella_Academy

[PangolinFeets]

Originally Posted by Raph's Girl

Close. 42 women (but 43 babies were born. 1 set of twins). The series has won an Eisner Award too.

"The main protagonists of the comic are the titular team, who are described as a "dysfunctional family of superheroes." In the mid-20th century, at the instant of the finishing blow in a cosmic boxing match, 43 superpowered infants are born to random, unconnected women who showed no signs of pregnancy. Sir Reginald Hargreeves a.k.a. The Monocle, an extraterrestrial disguised as a famous entrepreneur, adopts the surviving seven children, and prepares them to save the world from an unspecified threat as The Umbrella Academy. Years after the team disbanded, Hargreeves dies, leading The Umbrella Academy to reunite and carry on saving the world against an unlikely villain. The series initially takes place in an alternative history where John F. Kennedy was never assassinated."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Umbrella_Academy

I couldn't remember off the top of my head. I read it years ago. XD

I also remember it being fairly violent. I think a little kid loses an arm in a flashback.